Our MPAs have poor security, govt to be responsible if anything happens: Sattar

KARACHI: Muttahida Quami Movement Pakistan leader Farooq Sattar said that the security of his party MPAs is not sufficient and if anything bad happens then the Sindh government will be held responsible.

Farooq Sattar while speaking to media, after the assassination attempt on MQM-P leader Khawaja Izharul Hassan, said that no one including the Leader of Opposition in Sindh Assembly is safe.

“The kind of contemptuous audio and video messages we receive from London is in front of everyone,” he said.

Sindh government needs to be active now regarding the security issues, or the city will be in danger, he added. 

The Sindh government cannot avert from the security lapse and put blame on the local government, he said.

Senior MQM-P leader Sattar earlier said he strongly condemns the attack on Izhar.

"Some elements are quite bent on trying to create divisions amongst us," Farooq commented. 

‘MQM-P allegations hurtful’, says Anwar Siyal

Home Minister Sindh Anwar Siyal while refuting the claims by Farooq Sattar said that the allegations leveled by the MQM-P are disappointing.

“If there was no security then one ASI wouldn’t have been martyred and another wounded,” said Siyal, mentioning the losses during the incident.

The home minister Sindh ordered Additional IG Sindh to present the report of the attack as soon as possible.

Two succumb to injuries after assassination attempt on MQM's Izharul Hassan

Two of the MQM-P leaders' guards, as well as a fellow citizen, reportedly wounded by the gunshots

Following the attack, Karachi Mayor Waseem Akhtar visited Izhar's residence and condemned the attack on the MQM-P leader. “Today, we have to express determination that the entire nation is united against terrorism,” said Akhtar.

Hassan survived an assassination attempt on him early Saturday morning in the Bufferzone area, as he was leaving a mosque after offering Eid-ul-Azha prayers.

A child, as well as one of Hassan's security guards, succumbed to their wounds, Deputy Inspector General Police (DIGP)-West Zulfiqar Ali Larik said after the attack.